Re-awakening the Bhārata Shakti

An Orientation Programme for Pondicherry University School of Education

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Date: April 29, 2022 Venue: Sri Aurobindo Society On April 29, 2022, a group of 38 university students and research scholars visited Sri Aurobindo Society for a 2-hour orientation programme. The group included M.Ed. students from School of Education, Pondicherry University and from NIEPMD (National Institute for Empowerment of Persons with Multiple Disabilities). The visit […]

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The Timeless Tradition of Storytelling – An Art that Educates, Inspires and Elevates

Education for New India, Insightful Conversations at BhāratShakti, Past Works, Re-awakening the Bhārata Shakti

Date: April 21, 2022 Venue: Online For this month’s Insightful Conversation, we speak with Ms. Deepa Kiran, an award-winning storyteller of international repute. She share with us some thoughts and perspectives on how storytelling can be a powerful means to entertain, educate, inspire and elevate. Ms. Kiran is the founder of Hyderabad-based Story Arts Foundation,

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Workshop: Cultivating Character and Inner Beauty through Arts in Education

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Dates: March 12-13, 2022 Aurovidya Seminar: NEP 2020 and Integral Education Title of the Workshop: Cultivating Character and Inner Beauty through Arts in Education Designed and conducted by: Dr. Beloo Mehra, SAS and Ms. Jayashree Ashok, Creative School, Bengaluru As part of Sri Aurobindo’s 150th birth anniversary celebrations, the Hyderabad-based Institute of Human Study and

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Reimagining Tales from Purāna-s and Itihāsa-s: A Writer’s Journey of Engaging with Epic Heroines

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Date: February 21, 2022 Venue: Online Over the long march of time and despite all the ebbs and flows in India’s cultural landscape, one remarkable facet of the Indian literary mind – a mind that has immersed itself in the literature that expresses the eternal spirit of India – can never be missed. It keeps

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Antaryatra: An Artist’s Journey Within

Art and Spirituality, Insightful Conversations at BhāratShakti, Past Works, Re-awakening the Bhārata Shakti

Date: January 21, 2022 “All great artistic work proceeds from an act of intuition, not really an intellectual idea or a splendid imagination,—these are only mental translations,—but a direct intuition of some truth of life or being, some significant form of that truth, some development of it in the mind of man.”(Sri Aurobindo, CWSA, Vol. 20,

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Cultivating Inner Beauty through Arts in Education – An Overview of the Workshop

Art and Spirituality, BhāratShakti Talks, Conferences and Seminars, Creative School, Education for New India, Past Works, Re-awakening the Bhārata Shakti, Workshops

Date: January 8, 2022 As part of Sri Aurobindo’s 150th birth anniversary celebrations, Institute of Human Study and Sri Aurobindo International School, Hyderabad organized Aurovidya Seminar, a 2-day workshop plus seminar exploring the integration of New Education Policy 2020 and Integral Education as envisaged by Sri Aurobindo and the Mother. This intensive program was scheduled

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A Creative Gurukul for a New Age

Creative School, Education for New India, Insightful Conversations at BhāratShakti, Past Works, Re-awakening the Bhārata Shakti

Date: October 21, 2021 Venue: Online “The aim of education is not to prepare a man to succeed in life and society, but to increase his perfectibility to its utmost.”  (The Mother, CWM, Vol. 12, p. 120) For this month’s Insightful Conversation section, we are happy to bring a deeply inspiring conversation on a topic close

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Art that Refines, Heals and Transforms: Insights from the Practice of Integral Education

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As a follow-up to the session held on August 31, 2021 on “Role of Art and Beauty in Vital Education”, another session was organised on September 7, 2021 by the School of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, and Sri Aurobindo Integral Life Center, Auro University, Surat in which Dr. Beloo Mehra from BhāratShakti engaged in

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Role of Art and Beauty in Vital Education

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On August 31, 2021, Dr. Beloo Mehra from BhāratShakti, Sri Aurobindo Society was invited by Auro University and Sri Aurobindo Integral Life Center, Surat, to speak on the topic – “Role of Art and Beauty in Vital Education.” This webinar was organised as part of the University’s Lecture and Workshop Series, Part II of the

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Revisiting Nation, Nationalism and Culture in the Light of Sri Aurobindo

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Watch the recording of the talk HERE. On August 15th, 2021, Dr. Beloo Mehra from BhāratShakti delivered a special lecture titled “Revisiting Nation, Nationalism and Culture in the Light of Sri Aurobindo” at an event organised by Sri Aurobindo Study Centre, Faculty of Arts at the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda in association with the

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Sri Aurobindo – The Revolutionary Nationalist

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On August 15th, 2021, Dr. Beloo Mehra from BhāratShakti delivered a lecture titled “Sri Aurobindo – The Revolutionary Nationalist” as the opening talk for the year-long series “Eternity’s Delegate” being organised by Sri Aurobindo Center for Advanced Research (SACAR), Pondicherry. This event is is part of SACAR’s year-long celebrations of 150th Birth Anniversary Year of

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Young India Awakes to the Indian Spirit

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On Tuesday, June 15, 2021, Dr. Beloo Mehra addressed a small group of students and faculty from the School of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, Auro University. Her session titled ‘Young India Awakes to the Indian Spirit’ was part of ‘Synthesis – A Summer Immersion Programme’, organised by the School of Liberal Arts and Human

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On Pop Culture, Youth and Education – A conversation with Sandeep Balakrishna (3 parts)

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Date: October 1, 2019 If we have to be reborn as a society, as a nation, if we have to raise ourselves to work toward the true mission of India, to fulfill India’s true destiny, we must grow in Shakti. What can help Indians, and especially the youth of India grow in Shakti? What are

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“Integral Education in Practice” – An Experiential Learning Programme for M.Ed Students, Pondicherry University

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Dates: September 12-18, 2019Venue: Sri Aurobindo Society As part of our academic partnership with Pondicherry University, we organised and hosted a 6-day study programme for Masters of Education Students (II Year) from the university’s School of Education. The programme titled “Integral Education in Practice” was held from September 12 to 18, 2019 at Sri Aurobindo

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Unmeṣa: Explore, Evolve, Realise – Valedictory Ceremony

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Date: August 22, 2019Venue: Sri Aurobindo Society, Pondicherry On the morning of August 22, 2019, we welcomed the Hon’ble Lieutenant-Governor of Puducherry, Dr. Kiran Bedi at the Society House. Dr. Bedi was the Chief Guest for the valedictory ceremony of Unmeṣa: Explore, Evolve, Realise – a 25-day residential study camp which concluded on that day.

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Unmeṣa: Explore, Evolve, Realise – A Residential Study Camp for Indian-American Children

Education for New India, Past Works, Re-awakening the Bhārata Shakti, Workshops

Dates: July 28-August 22, 2019 Venue: Sri Aurobindo Society, Pondicherry This is a brief report summarising the recently concluded 25-day residential study camp “Unmeṣa: Explore, Evolve, Realise” which was designed by Sri Aurobindo Society in collaboration with Agastya Gurukulam. This unique camp which included 15 children, ages 13-18 from various parts of the USA, was

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An Orientation for M.Ed. Students from Pondicherry University

Education for New India, Past Works, Re-awakening the Bhārata Shakti, Workshops

Date: July 29, 2019 Venue: Sri Aurobindo Society On July 29th, we hosted a special orientation event for a group of 50 Master of Education (M.Ed.) students who are currently attending a one-week Capacity Building Workshop on Research Skills and Methodology sponsored by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, GOI, conducted by School of Education,

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Interaction with Auro Schools

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June 13-14, 2019, Sri Aurobindo Society SAFIC team recently conducted two-day intense discussions with selected representatives from four Auro schools (Chandigarh, Patiala and Jodhpur and Bengaluru) on the theme: Incorporating Topics and Insights from Indian Culture into Curriculum. This interaction was part of a programme organised by Shri Pradeep Narang, Chairman, Sri Aurobindo Society. Representatives

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